During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few classes. When I _______，I was greeted with three days of math and history homework, and several tests. _______ I went home from school that day tired, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.

The net day at school, I got a shock: I'd tally forgotten to prepare for the_______ on English play Romeo and Juliet_______my lunch hour! Worse still, I had _______the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, 1 went to the English room to face my certain doom(厄运). All 1 could do was try to_______ on the questions I didn't know.

As it turned out, I didn’t' know most of the questions. I was just about to give _______when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I _______ down and there is the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my _______ of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain ________. Yes! Read over the answers — quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, No! You’ll get caught! My mind turned back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! ... as if it were the________ time in my entire life.

Finally I decided to finish the test on my own, without ________ ! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty ________ I would fail the test.

The nest day when I walked into the English rom. my great joy of having been an________ soul changed into a wave of doom as 1 saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me.1 stared at it a few seconds before I took the ________to turn it over.

You can only imagine my ________ when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never been so happy to see my ________, a C-.

My mom says the success that takes the most courage is ________ within. Now I know ________ what she means. Now not only can my conscience(良心) rest easy, but also I don't have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad ________ like Romeo and Juliet.

I sat down at my desk and started writing a letter of thankfulness, but when it came to actually putting the letter into the mailbox... I ______ ...   I couldn’t do it. I suddenly felt a sense of ______ and insecurity (不安).

The letter was to an old teacher with whom I kept in ______ on Facebook. For months, I read about what she ______ on her Facebook page, which helped me to live my life differently. Her volunteer (志愿者) work wasn’t huge. ______, she was doing small, local good deeds. ______, she changed my views on the world and for some reason, I felt I should let her know how her example ______ influenced me.

I could have easily sent her an email, but that seemed not enough for such an important thank-you. That’s why I ended up ______ the letter. But now here I was, standing before the mailbox, unable to put the envelope inside. What was stopping me? It suddenly hit me that I was ______ of being too nice. I guess I felt strange ______ it wasn’t like she was my best friend or a relative. Maybe my ______ was too heartfelt. Thinking this over, I put the envelope in the mailbox ______.

Weeks later I received a message from her. It turned out she was ______ a hard time and my note ______ a lot to her. She said she had no idea she was playing such a big ______ in others’ life.

Not only did this letter make her happier, but her response to it brightened my world and ______ my level of happiness as well. I was so ______ that it had such a great influence on her that I decided to write a(n) ____     letter to someone each month. Now it’s easier for me to ______ the goodness in others and be more ______ for this beautiful life I’m living.

What does it take to help a person move toward a better performance? It doesn’t take as much as you may at first ________. One of my hobbies, over the years, is to repair houses. Using this ________, I have had a wonderful time and ________ enjoyed working with my hands and ________ other people including a young man.

The young man was recently married and bought a(n)________ house. However, to this young man, it appeared to be a huge mountain he had to climb. The ________ was that he had never been taught to do much of anything around the house and he had never even used any ________. Therefore, he was unable to even decide how to start the most basic of repairing including repainting a wall ________. So, I was asked to help him. I ________ what I was going to do, why I would do it, and how to use the tools. He was a quick learner, eager to ________ whatever he was told. However, I ________ noticed his hesitation to do anything I told him to do even though I ________ by doing it myself so that he could see what the technique was or how the tool was used ________. His problem was that he had no confidence and was ________ to try anything, ________ I encouraged him. It was truly amazing to see him have greater ________. Over the next few months, we finished the project with me only giving him the lead and being his helper.

All it takes is a few words of encouragement, and helpful ________. It never takes much if you ________ care about people especially their feelings. We are never born to be ________ of anything. If you arm yourself with words of ________ and use them, you’ll find it is not hard for anyone to improve.